Thelma C. Smith, age 89 of Leesburg VA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 26, 2022. She was born April 21, 1933, in Loudoun County VA. She leaves to cherish her memory five daughters, Helen Fitts, Dorothy Reid, Bertha Reid, Brinda Reid, and Carolyn Reid; four grandchildren, Franklin Reid (Carol), Shana Burrell (Leon), Angela Woodson, and Joshua Bowles; sons-in-law Eugene Peguese and Franklin Fitts; adopted sisters, Julia Smith, Frances Hampton, Florence Reid, Blanche Reid, Geneva Reid, and Clareen Reid; sisters-in-law Betty Allen and Mary Warner; special nieces Mary Lee Miller and Priscilla Thomas; special nephews Clarence Allen, Warren Allen, and Brian Allen; twenty-four great grandchildren; sixteen great-great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was affectionately known to many as "Nanny."

She was preceded in death by her parents Edward and Hazel Allen; first husband Zack Reid; second husband Henry Smith; children, Charlotte Reid and Clarence (Snubby) Reid; siblings, Cora (Beck) Allen, John Allen (Annalee) and Otis Allen, Doris Williams (adopted), and Gloria Jackson (adopted); and three grandchildren Gregory (Gooch) Reid, Tameka (Meka) Fitts and Christine (Nikki) Reid.